Wiz
...A wiz like no wizard before
A lion that wanted to roar
Tin man was hollow
That’s hard to swallow
But not like a man made of straw
Now Dorothy and her new friends
Took the road to see...
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Categories:
dippers, fantasy, film,
Form: Limerick
Sister Moonlight
...Sister Moonlight in your glass slippers
Come dance with me amongst the stars
We'll Pirouette by both the Dippers
And do the Waltz in front of Mars
Let's Swing around each constellation
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Categories:
dippers, dance, moon, stars,
Form: Rhyme
Grandma was a Sipper
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Dippers, drinkers, smokers, sippers.
There was always bottle or can-openers
Because mom was a Coca-Cola lady.
She would have a Coke daily.
Grandma was a coffee lover
of one brand or another....
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Categories:
dippers, dad, grandmother, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Rum N Raisin 5 - No Need To Cook
...Rum felt a chill which he couldn’t explain
Had mum left the freezer door open again?
He went to the kitchen and muttered, “Aha!”
The freezer door was just a little ajar
Inquisitive kittens, as ...
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Categories:
dippers, cat, food,
Form: Narrative
A Pilgrimage
...seagulls surf the wind
my escorts home
across the waves
streamlined gannets
sacred isle in view
saffron tints
ocean flower breeze...
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Categories:
dippers, mountains, ocean, peace, sea,
Form: Free verse
Dead Beat
...I used to blame myself
For your absence in my life
I thought maybe you didn’t love me
Maybe I was right
Your in my life always leaving
without a care
But i should expect that from a deadbea...
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Categories:
dippers, absence, dark, depression, father
Form: Free verse
Dot To Dot
...A dot to dot for all to see
Rotating across the world
Everyone see's it differently
Depends which way you're twirled
You can play even in slippers
I connect Orion to his belt
Trace a mighty L...
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Categories:
dippers, stars,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Beachcomber Aroma
...We live by the sea, just we two, you and me
It offers us all that we need
From our heads to our toes, you make all of our clothes
From sea grass and sometimes sea weed
If our ocean provides it,...
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Categories:
dippers, beach, humorous, ocean, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Clouds Are the Personality of the Sky
...Image: Cloud Fantasy, by Susan Lawrence
On spring's green carpet I repose, revitalizing the soul
passing slow minutes pondering the sky
The lake whispers a morning meditation
as memo...
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Categories:
dippers, art, nature,
Form: Free verse
I'M Ready If You Are : Feb 2017
...I'm ready if you are.
Steadily walking past wekas, canoes, sailboats, motorboats, along concrete paths, down ash-felt slopes
Across intersecting car trails
Drawn only by the beckoning beach.
Fe...
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Categories:
dippers, beach, courage, endurance, grief,
Form: Free verse
This Autumn Eve
...Wishful collections
pillowed goodbyes
Starlit reflections
glow in the eyes
Soft curtain quivers
sift on the breeze
November shivers
flow through the trees
Down feather laughte...
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Categories:
dippers, autumn, night,
Form: Rhyme
Beware of the Brain Eaters
...Beware of the Brain-eaters, the Logic-disbelievers, the Beat-clippers.
They come on Halloween to thumb their noses at the sky dippers.
Big Dipper sends eighteen master witches to give them a star....
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Categories:
dippers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Geronimo - a Cunning Escape
...Those cowboys chased him ’cross the land
What a shame they hadn't planned
The man accused of rape and pillage
Made it to a distant village
Leather boots effecting entry
Every shack discovered e...
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Categories:
dippers, america, humorous, native american,
Form: Rhyme
Seven Sisters
...Dipping back into the waters edge, shining bright above the line, a sense of calm
a sigh within my soul as I watch the Seven Sisters come into sight, alone
at first. Eyes adjust to darkest night, ...
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Categories:
dippers, water,
Form: Free verse
Sad Day
...Hearts tattered and dilapidated
Eyes warn with worry, looks vacated
These souls beaten and exhausted
Their love devoured by a raven
Birth of a child with a crib now empty
Baby food jars uneate...
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Categories:
dippers, child, death,
Form: Free verse
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